Taiwan is not for sale, and neither is it part of China, said Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, in a rebuke to Elon Musk.

  • Blake [he/him]
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    For a “free speech absolutist”, Elon sure seems to be comfortable supporting dictatorships where free speech is suppressed.

    In my experience, a lot of “free speech” adherents seem to mostly want to be able to use slurs and spread anti-semitism without consequences, but feel that it’s perfectly fine for the government to outlaw the open discussion of issues which affect 5-10% of the population.

    • @Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      Free speech for me, not for thee.

      In other words, “I can say whatever I want, and you can’t oppress me by criticizing it!”